The Gossip Girl Guide to New York City

Hey, Upper East Siders, Vogue here. And we have the biggest news ever: Gossip Girl, the one-and-only show about the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite, premiered 10 years ago today.

And you know you love us: We’ve compiled the hottest haunts of Blair Waldorf, Serena van der Woodsen, Nate Archibald, Chuck Bass, and Dan Humphrey to celebrate. So straighten your headband, put on some lipstick, and call the limo—here’s how spend a day in their Jimmy Choos.

What to DoScheme on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the see-and-be-seen spot for Blair and her minions. However, don’t pour your yogurt on the heads of those who displease you. We Googled, and it’s illegal. Even if it does, like, entice the pigeons. Your invite to the opera’s opening night may have gotten lost in the mail (you must speak to Dorota about that!), but it’s still worth it to walk around Lincoln Center, the setting for Gossip Girl’s best black-tie showdowns. Please, like Juliet Sharp ever stood a chance.

Then there’s Central Park, the craven crew’s mecca: the Pond, Blair’s favorite spot to feed the ducks; Conservatory Water, where Little J did her first drug deal; the Mall, where Serena and Dan encountered those stalkerish superfans; and the Bethesda Fountain, the backdrop for Chuck and Blair’s glamorous quickie wedding. Except maybe find yourself a man who doesn’t trade you for a hotel.

And make a pilgrimage to Grand Central Station, where a certain blonde returned from boarding school and started it all.

Optional: Go to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the home of Rufus, Dan, and Jenny Humphrey . . . even though the exterior scenes were definitely shot in Dumbo.

Where to EatSadly, many of Gossip Girl’s restaurants lie in the early aughts restaurant graveyard—The Lion, your chicken pot pie lives on in our dreams. But you can still dine at Blair–approved restaurants Gramercy Tavern and The Modern, or have a dysfunctional, Van der Woodsen family-style brunch at Sant Ambroeus or Sarabeth’s.

But if it’s a scheme-scene you want, go no further than STK, where Penelope threw a Nair cocktail on Dan’s date, or the Russian Tea Room, the site of the failed Poppy Lifton sting operation. (But seriously, she committed, like, nine felonies. Why weren’t the police called again?) Where to DrinkHave a stiff drink at the Campbell Apartment—you know Serena and Nate did (high-fives self)—followed up by at nightcap at the St. Regis’s King Cole Bar, which, according to Serena van der Woodsen, is the only place in town that makes a Red Snapper.

If going wild is more your style, go to 1 Oak, “old Serena’s” playground, or The Box, the not-so-secret inspiration for Chuck’s hedonistic cabaret, Victrola (but maybe don’t sit right in front of the stage). Where to StayThe Empire. And if that’s booked, the Palace. If you are even considering someplace else, just close out of this article. Your traffic is no good here! Where to ShopBlair lived by the three Bs: Bergdorf’s, Barneys, and Bendel’s. But if your style is less Upper East Side debutante and more Page Six princess, try Intermix, name-dropped as Serena’s shop du jour. If you want to utter “I’m Chuck Bass” like you mean it, shop at Turnbull & Asser. Or, if you’re Nate, bring your sugar mama who’s really dating her stepson, who also happens to be your ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, to Ralph Lauren. Or don’t. Because honestly, that whole story arc turned out terribly. A lot has changed since 2007. Sidekicks for iPhones. MySpace for Instagram. Pinkberry for Juice Press. But Gossip Girl? It never goes out of style. Even if GG did, despite the mountain of logistical, empirical, and sensible evidence suggesting otherwise, end up being Dan Humphrey.